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Central Coast man travels the world in search of ‘very rare animals’ thought to be extinct - The Tribune
Santa Barbara’s own Forrest Galante has dedicated his life to wildlife biology, which led him in 2018 to host the Animal Planet series “Extinct or Alive” during which he travels the world looking for animals thought to be extinct.
Galante has been on expeditions in the Colombian jungle, Madagascar and the Maldives, among many more, to search for animals wrongly declared extinct in hopes of bringing research and funding to regenerate their populations.
“As someone who’s always had a hunter’s instinct, I’ve always really enjoyed targeting populations that need it the most,” Galante told Noozhawk. “After working with critically endangered, verge of extinction species, the only way to up that ante is to look for animals that I thought had been wrongfully deemed extinct.”
Santa Barbara’s own Forrest Galante has dedicated his life to wildlife biology, which led him in 2018 to host the Animal Planet series “Extinct or Alive” during which he travels the world looking for animals thought to be extinct.
Galante has been on expeditions in the Colombian jungle, Madagascar and the Maldives, among many more, to search for animals wrongly declared extinct in hopes of bringing research and funding to regenerate their populations.
“As someone who’s always had a hunter’s instinct, I’ve always really enjoyed targeting populations that need it the most,” Galante told Noozhawk. “After working with critically endangered, verge of extinction species, the only way to up that ante is to look for animals that I thought had been wrongfully deemed extinct.”